WINDROWER

I've made another row quilt; this time using twelve of my favorite 3" blocks.  No pattern as I just design as I go.

THE STATS:  Windrower, 2025, 27" x 33", Paper pieced, Machine pieced, Machine quilted.

 Growing up, we had a longhair dachshund that was definitely a house dog.  But, when no one was home; she would go with my dad to farm for the day.  Her favorite activity was to follow the windrower up and down the acreage with those short, little legs.  She would come home in need of a bath and ready for a nap.  Some days I feel like I have followed a windrower by foot all day, too.   

Not familiar with the term, "windrow" or "swath" --- my old dependable 1956 edition of Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary says "a row, or strip"; and by extension, a windrower is the farm machine that does the job of cutting and raking up a row of hay to dry before being baled, etc.

In honor of "Rebound", our infamous, smart, funny, not afraid of anything dog; here is my row quilt called "Windrower".

BIRD CONDO

Twenty years ago, each of our grandchildren made and painted a bird house with the help of their Papa.  These have always hung in the cherry tree outside my sewing room window.  I always know that Spring is on its way when the birds start to show up to stake out their individual real estate.  

It also signals me to make a Spring-type quilt.  I found in my stash scraps of this birdie fabric.  It took several small pieces to sew together the border for my "Bird Condo" quilt, but it seemed appropriate.

THE STATS:  Bird Condo, 2025, 33" x 33", Paper pieced, Machine pieced, Machine quilted.

LOOSE CHANGE

This quilt was inspired by a wool 'Penny Rug' that I made several years ago.  However, this quilt is made from small pieces of cotton fabrics from previous quilts.

THE STATS:  Loose Change, 2025, 33" x 33", Machine pieced, Machine applique, Machine quilted.

Wool Penny Rug, 2011